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Health District After Dark (HDAD) is semi-annual lecture series offered by the Health District’s Academic Affairs Committee that occurs after standard business hours “aka after dark.” HDAD engages the Southern Nevada community and public health workforce on emerging and timely public health topics. For more information, please email hdad@snhd.org.

August 6, 2024 — Health Equity in Sin City

Date: August 6, 2024
Event Time: 4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Location: UNLV Community Education Building, 4350 S. Maryland Parkway, 89119 and virtually

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Speaker Info: Dr. Jon Wynn-University of Massachusetts, Amherst who is the current Chair and Professor-Department of Sociology. He will be speaking about findings from his co-authored text “The City and the Hospital: The Paradox of Medically Overserved Communities.” Dr. Wynn is also an alumnus of UNLV’s Department of Sociology. Tamera Travis recently published the SNHD Health Equity Status Report. This report focuses on key health indicators in terms of economic stability; economic access and quality; and health care access and quality. The report also outlines social determinants of health (SDOH), and how they relate to Clark County and Healthy People 2030 targets. Healthy People 2030 is a 10-year plan for that identifies public health priorities to help individuals, organizations, and communities across the United States improve health and well-being. Xavier Foster currently serves as the Health Equity Coordinator for the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD). During the last 13 years, he has developed and applied his skills in grants management, implementation of evidence-based programs, community engagement and most recently establishing the Health Equity program at SHND

Health District After Dark — May 23, 20223

May 23, 2023 — Popular Culture and Mental Health

Date: May 23, 2023
Event Time: 4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Location: Red Rock Conference Room: 280 S. Decatur Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89107

Health District After Dark — May 23, 20223

September 2022 — Reproductive Justice

Date: Monday, September 12, 2022
Event Time: 4:30–6:00 p.m.
Location: Meeting will be hosted virtually and at the Southern Nevada Health District.

Guest Speakers:
Dr. Tanya Bass – Health Equity Director, National Coalition of STD Directors
Cristina Hernandez – Project Manager, UNLV School of Public Health
Maria-Teresa Liebermann-Parraga – Deputy Director, Battle Born Progress Board Member, Wild West Access Fund
Dr. David Orentlicher – Director, UNLV Health Law Program and Judge Jack and Lulu Lehman Professor of Law
Bonnie Sorenson – Former Director of Nursing, Southern Nevada Health District

Health District After Dark — September 12, 2022 — Reproductive Justice

May 2022 — Extreme Heat

Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Event Time: 4:30–5:30 p.m.
Location: Meeting was hosted virtually and at the Southern Nevada Health District.

Guest Speakers:
Rebecca Cruz-Nanez — Southern Nevada Health District
Paul Gully — Regional Transportation Commission
Dr. Erick Bandala — Desert Research Institute

April 2021 — Climate Change & Public Health

Date: Thursday, April 22, 2021
Event Time: 4–6 p.m.
Location: Meeting was hosted virtually.

November 2020 — Housing in the Time of COVID-19

Date: Thursday, November 12, 2020
Event Time: 4:30–6 p.m.
Location: Meeting was hosted virtually.

Guest Speakers:
Nancy Brune, PhD — Guinn Center
Brian Knudsen, MPA — City of Las Vegas

October 2019 — CBD/Cannabis

Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Event Time: 4:30–5:30 p.m.
Location: Event was held at Southern Nevada Health District

Moderator:
David Orentlicher, MD, JD — UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law

Guest Speakers:
Kristine Vasilevsky, MPH(c), REHS — Southern Nevada Health District
Jennifer M. Sanders — CNS Equity Partners and AURA Venture Funds
Shoshanna N. Silverberg, JD, MA — Pistil and Stigma

 

Updated on:  August 12, 2024

2024-08-12T08:57:12-07:00
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